Bad Day: More from Rob in Iraq
It is about 0009 on Sunday and I am having trouble sleeping, so I though I would write an email about my day. Yesterday, for those of you who didn’t know it, was Armed Forces Day. It was suppose to be a holiday of sorts around here. We have not had a day off since.. read more →
Photos from my friend Rob’s trip to Al Nasiriyah
My good friend Rob from college is an Army reserve lawyer stationed in Iraq. We email as often as he can – more now that the hostilities are down. I asked him to take some photos and he did! I put on my full battle rattle, chambered a round in my weapon to go meet.. read more →
Who owns what…
Rob emails me about how they are trying to figure out if anyone can really own commercial real estate in Iraq. This is actually a pretty pathetic meeting we are having. In the JAG Corps, there are a lot of active duty JAG. The problem is that there are very few who bother to come.. read more →
Three emails from Rob today
Rob and I exchanged some emails today Thing are ok. I was eaten alive by bugs yesterday. I went up north and the mosquitoes ate me up. Other than that, I am just trying to stay cool. It was over 110 again here. Damn this country is hot. Now I know why your average 25.. read more →
Update from Rob
From Rob: Hey, we just got the internet back up today. It was 108 again today. You would think, now that I was at a base I would get more mail, but it rarely comes. The postal service here is about 10x worse than the us postal back home. Scary. I wish I had a.. read more →
Downstairs photos
A friend of mine has been after me to take some photos of my house. I finally did and I thought I’d post them here as well. One of the reasons we picked this floor plan was the way everything was open and flowed – either french doors or arches with no doors between most.. read more →
Rob is in Iraq officially now
From my friend Rob: Hey, I am Tallil, Iraq. I will be here for a while. Everything has been fine. We are just trying to establish our office right now. The building we are in was bombed during the last gulf war and the Iraqis never rebuilt the place. Lots of work to do and.. read more →
Mosaic backsplash in progress
Still a bit messy and it isn’t done yet – we’ve got the first two levels of sealant down and will keep applying it until it stops absorbing. Also we are going to run a thin line of caulk in the bottom and top gap. We left that gap so the grout could expand. And.. read more →
SNL – Behind the Music Blue Oyster Cult
Another Will Ferrell classic… a hysterical parody of a Behind the Music for Blue Oyster Cult with Christopher Walken. One of the things that cracks me up the most in this sketch is how close Ferrell gets to Chris Parnell to annoy him after Walken tells him to “really explore the studio space”. Not even.. read more →
